Alliance
for Simplified Giving - The Alliance is a group of regional non-profit
trade associations that specialize in Direct Payment/Direct Deposit and
electronic payments education and marketing.

American
Association of Fundraising Counsel - Since 1935, AAFRC Member Firms have
served clients of every size and purpose-from local to international-in the
arts, culture, and humanities; health; education; human services; religion;
advocacy; public/society benefit; the environment and wildlife; and
international affairs-in cities, suburbs and rural areas-virtually every type
of nonprofit organization. Each year, the Association publishes, Giving
USAto provide the latest facts and figures on philanthropic giving
(Some of the charts from this publication are available on the web site).

Aspen
Institute: Nonprofit Sector Research Fund - The Nonprofit Sector Research
Fund supports and disseminates relevant, high quality research to improve the
operations of nonprofit organizations and inform public policies affecting
them.

Association
of Fundraising Professionals - For more than 40 years,
AFP has been the standard-bearer for professionalism in fundraising. The
Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) represents 25,000 members in
165 chapters throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico, working to
advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education, and certification
programs.

Carnegie
Library Foundation Center - The Foundation Center is a resource for
nonprofit organizations and individuals seeking information about grants and
grantmaking organizations.

DonorDigital.com
- Donordigital, LLC, was founded in October 1999 by Nick Allen and Mal
Warwick. Donordigital is a company that helps nonprofits use the
Internet for fundraising, marketing, advocacy, and e-commerce. Based
in San Francisco, California, Donordigital develops Internet strategies
and membership and fundraising programs, builds Web sites, helps
organizations arrange sponsorships with major Internet sites, and runs
online promotions.

Fund$Raiser
Cyberzine - A FREE digital magazine dedicated to bringing the world the
latest and most complete news and ideas in fundraising.

Fundsnet
Online - Fundsnet Online Services provides parents, teachers and non-profit
organizations with hundreds of quality resources available on the World Wide
Web. This Web site provides you with one of the most comprehensive directories
of foundations and funders in existence on the Internet.

Grants
Information Center - The Grants Information Center is located in Memorial Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. It is one of a network of approximately 200 collections established by the Foundation Center, an independent national service organization in New York, to provide an authoritative source of information on foundation and corporate giving for nonprofit organizations. Nonprofit organizations looking for grants will usually want to begin at our site, Resources for Nonprofit Organizations. Elizabeth Breed
offers free seminars
for nonprofit organizations on the topic "Researching Funding
Opportunities."

Proposal
Writing - Internet Resources - Maintained by the Grants Information
Center at U.W. - Madison. The Center also has an annotated list of print
resources related to the topic of proposal writing. Some of the links and references at these
sites have a bias towards funding research.

SPIN
- Sponsored Programs Information Network (InfoEd) - The #1 Source of Funding Information.
The SPIN database is currently provided through annual subscription to over
650 colleges, universities and industry clients worldwide. It is a computer
database with detailed and up-to-the-minute information about thousands of
Federal and Non-Federal funding opportunities.

University
of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Foundation Collection - The Foundation
Collection at the UW-Stevens Point Library is an affiliate of the primary
Foundation Center in New York City. The Collection provides information about
foundations, corporate giving, fund-raising, nonprofit organizations, and
proposal writing.